How is being against the bailout "Socialist"? The bailout is itself a socialist endeavor, the end result will be governmental ownership of a large swath of the banking system. It just goes to show, when it comes to politics, most people don't know what the f*ck they're talking about.

Oh I just read this "Slowed it down for people that could not read it." apparently it was faster. Why did you slow it down the for the YTMND kindergarteners? You should make another site with the fast version back in place for those of us who actually know how to read...

It's too bad the Fed cannot, does not and will not "print" money. They can push or pull on the money supply through open market operations, reserve requirements and the discount window, but they have no authority to direct the Treasury Dept or U.S. Mint. What you fail to see is that the Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers of the banking sector were never truly threatened by insolvency. What did them in (precipitating a near-collapse in credit and equity markets)was, at its core, a crisis of liquidity (cont'd)

(cont'd) liquidity brought about by a ridiculous volume of margin calls and, according to some, collusion on the part of competitors to yank out the supports. Say what you will about "politics," which has no place in the actions of the Federal Reserve (by its mandate). Just leave the economics to those with degrees. Or PhDs from MIT, in the case of Big Ben. Without the "bailouts," which were more to quell the market volatility than to save the banks, we'd be in a world of sh*t you can't even imagine.

And FYI - lest we forget, any populist-rage-motivated regulation that increases the costs of doing business on Wall Street is going to come back to hit Main St 10x harder. If you hadn't realized it yet, the bright young boys on the Street (we call them financial engineers, ha) are very good at finding ways to pass costs along to the end user - the consumer. So be careful what you wish for.

I made this in 2008, I just thought I would come back and tell the people that claim I don't have a clue they should read this http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/why-isnt-wall-street-in-jail-20110216